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Far-side impacts cause significant injuries but lack testing. A new computer model, MOTHMO, accurately simulates occupant response, offering a virtual tool for improving vehicle safety in these understudied crashes.

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Area of Science:

  • Automotive Safety Engineering
  • Biomechanics
  • Computational Modeling

Background:

  • Far-side impacts cause 43% of serious injuries and 30% of harm in U.S. side impact crashes, yet are not regulated in safety testing.
  • Head and thorax injuries constitute over half of serious injuries in far-side crashes.
  • A lack of validated anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) or computer models hinders research into far-side impact occupant protection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the modified TASS human facet model (MOTHMO) for simulating whole-body occupant response during far-side impacts.
  • To assess MOTHMO's utility as a virtual design tool for optimizing restraint systems in far-side crash scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Compared MOTHMO's dynamic response against postmortem human subjects (PMHS) in far-side sled tests.
  • Evaluated MOTHMO against established ATDs, including WorldSID and Thor-NT.
  • Detailed MOTHMO's design, instrumentation, advantages, and disadvantages relative to ATDs.

Main Results:

  • MOTHMO accurately replicated key biomechanical responses, including seat belt-shoulder interaction, pelvis impacts, head displacement, and loading from inboard belts.
  • The model demonstrated superior performance compared to Thor-NT and comparable performance to WorldSID when validated against PMHS data.
  • MOTHMO provided more accurate measurements of seat belt-shoulder interaction and thoracic deflection than existing ATDs.

Conclusions:

  • The MOTHMO computer model effectively simulates whole-body occupant responses in far-side impacts.
  • MOTHMO serves as a valuable virtual design tool for investigating the influence of restraint parameters on occupant kinematics in far-side crashes.
  • The model's capabilities address a critical gap in current automotive safety research and development for under-investigated far-side impact scenarios.